Background
Lee, Wayne Cyril was born on July 2, 1917 in Lamar, Nebraska, United States. Son of David Elmer and Rosa Belle (Deselms) Lee.
(James "Scotty" Phillips came to America from his native S...)
James "Scotty" Phillips came to America from his native Scotland in 1874 when he was 16. From there he led an extraordinary life in the army, state senate, and as the man that saved the buffalo from extinction.
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(Nebraska s early towns were wild and woolly, and Wayne C....)
Nebraska s early towns were wild and woolly, and Wayne C. Lee s book features ten of them. He describes the lawmen, desperadoes, vigilantes, and killers. He tells the stories of the men and women who lived with the violence running rampant around them.
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(The Smoky Hill River is actually a shortcut between the M...)
The Smoky Hill River is actually a shortcut between the Missouri River and Denver. The area was coveted by white men for their new stage lines and by Native Americans for the abundant buffalo. Most of the colorful characters of the day passed through here. This is the story of the conflict that resulted when two cultures clashed.
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Wayne C. Lee chronicles the violent history of the Nebraska Territory from 1823 to 1925. Read about the feuds between families and landowners. Con artists and bandits contributed to the disorder, and their careers sometimes ended abruptly at the end of a vigilante rope.
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Meet the legends of Dodge City and Abilene Bill Hickock, Clay Allison, the Earp brothers, and Tom Smith. Neb, the Devil s own, and Jes-so, the dwarf, kept life interesting in Sheridan, a wild little town that appeared at the end of the track then vanished when the railroad ran out of money.
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(Texan Dan York came to Goldtown to give his stepsister Ca...)
Texan Dan York came to Goldtown to give his stepsister Carlista her inheritance and investigate the buggy accident that had taken the lives of his father and stepmother. Before long Dan uncovers other mysterious deaths in the area and becomes embroiled in a vicious war between two brutal cattle barons. Finding himself a target, Dan hides out by night in the ghost town of Nugget Creek while by day he tries to untangle the complex relationships and behaviour of people driven by love, power and greed.
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(Preacher's son Sam Trego meant to follow in his father's ...)
Preacher's son Sam Trego meant to follow in his father's footsteps -- until he killed a man in a fistfight. From then on he was a pariah to his family, and so he set out to build a new life. Sam rode into Genesis looking for work and found a job as a preacher. But the last thing the town needed was a man of the cloth: a gang of violent renegades was terrorizing Genesis with kidnappings and murder. Forced to take arms, Trego started to clean up the town...
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Lee, Wayne Cyril was born on July 2, 1917 in Lamar, Nebraska, United States. Son of David Elmer and Rosa Belle (Deselms) Lee.
Rural mail carrier, Lamar, 1951-1977. Instructor Writer"s Digest School, 1976-1995. Author: (non-fiction) Scotty Philip, The Manitoba Who Saved the Buffalo, 1975.
Trails of the Smoky Hill, 1980, Wild Towns of Nebraska, 1988, Bad Men and Bad Towns, 1993, Deadly Days in Kansas, 1997, (fiction) Shadow of the Gun, 1981.
Guns at Genesis, 1981. Putnam"s Ranch War, 1982.
The Violent Trail, 1984. War at Nugget Creek, 1985.
Massacre Creek, 1985.
The Waiting Gun, 1986. Hawks of Autumn, 1986, Arikaree War Cry, 1992. Many others
With Rural Mail, Lamar, 1951—1977. Instructor Writer's Digest School, 1976—1995. Served with Signal Corps.
United States Army, 1945.
(Texan Dan York came to Goldtown to give his stepsister Ca...)
(Preacher's son Sam Trego meant to follow in his father's ...)
(Meet the legends of Dodge City and Abilene Bill Hickock, ...)
(James "Scotty" Phillips came to America from his native S...)
(The Smoky Hill River is actually a shortcut between the M...)
(An Introduction to the Study of the Brachiopoda: Intended...)
(Nebraska s early towns were wild and woolly, and Wayne C....)
(A Double D Western published by Doubleday. 186 pages.)
(Book by Lee, Wayne C.)
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Served with SignalCorps, United States Army, 1945. Named Historian of Year, High Plains Preservation of History Commission, 1981. Member Western Writers American (president 1970-1971), Nebraska Writers Guild (president 1974-1976), Nebraska State History Society Foundation (director since 1975), Toastmasters (president Imperial, Nebraska 1964-1965, 72-73).
Member Christian Church.
Married Pearl May Sheldon Lee, March 17, 1948. Children: Wayne Sheldon, Charles Lester.